Team 548 Einstein Statement

[RobotsVsKittens]

Lack of grammar is not the only way something can be poorly written. It's poorly written because it is not explicitly clear who is being referred to. Not explicit enough for the circumstances.

It makes no sense why anyone should talk about forgiveness since no party here has sought it or made extremely explicitly clear who is at fault.

On a personal level, I find the use of words like 'unfortunately' in an apology to be less than genuine. Stating the intent of someone while simultaneously not specifying who that it is we are talking about is laughable. As is the double standard of an individual not representing a team at a competition, but we're all such loyal team players to preserving anonymity.

On a related note, genuine apologies are rare in our society, so it is with a complete lack of surprise that I find many cannot identify one or misidentify it. Ah, but I digress.

[Ekcrbe]

Originally Posted by RobotsVsKittens

Lack of grammar is not the only way something can be poorly written. It's poorly written because it is not explicitly clear who is being referred to. Not explicit enough for the circumstances.

It makes no sense why anyone should talk about forgiveness since no party here has sought it or made extremely explicitly clear who is at fault.

On a personal level, I find the use of words like 'unfortunately' in an apology to be less than genuine. Stating the intent of someone while simultaneously not specifying who that it is we are talking about is laughable. As is the double standard of an individual not representing a team at a competition, but we're all such loyal team players to preserving anonymity.

On a related note, genuine apologies are rare in our society, so it is with a complete lack of surprise that I find many cannot identify one or misidentify it. Ah, but I digress.

I seriously doubt the use of improper grammar is a big deal. Let us not forget that the party apologizing is not the party at fault. If I tell you the "individual" is John Smith* of Team 548, is that better on any level than if I say it was a member of Team 548? You answer that. If you think the apology is "less than genuine", take a line from Taylor, one he used on me regarding this very subject:

"I've found that being outraged on behalf of others is often a misuse of energy."

Whether you're mad at the Robostangs, the singular individual, FIRST, or life, lamenting about the state of the world's apology writing is not going to help.

*I don't know if there is a member of Team 548 named John Smith, nor do I intend to accuse anyone on the team of being the anonymous individual.